single sourcing
<publication> Using a single original document set to generate dead tree
and on-line documentation, and usually also on-line help. In practice, it most
often refers to a FrameMaker file set with conditional text which, when the
conditions are set appropriately, allows you to create variants of the original
document (e.g., for a product that runs on different Unix platforms) as well as
for different media -- typically task-oriented on-line help to be accessed under
Microsoft Windows or from a web browser, linear printed document, and HTML
delivered via the WWW and/or CD-ROM.
Nearby terms:
single program/multiple data « single quote « single
sign-on « single sourcing » single static
assignment » singleton variable » Single Virtual
Storage
|